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Jazmyn Casas
Evette Tamayo
7
Winner Indiana State INS 16-20
3
UIC UIC 14-26
Winner
Indiana State INS
16-20
7
Final
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UIC UIC
14-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Indiana State INS 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 7 10 1
UIC UIC 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 4

W: SACKETT,Lauren (7-9) L: Gomez, Miranda (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls in Series Opener to Indiana State Friday

Flames snap three-game winning streak as they drop to 7-8 in Missouri Valley Conference play

CHICAGO (April 12, 2024) – The UIC softball team (14-26, 7-8 MVC) couldn't fend off an early offensive surge from Indiana State (16-20, 5-7 MVC), Friday night at Flames Field in a late-night Missouri Valley Conference match-up, 7-3.

Senior Emma Crowley (Peoria, Ill./Peoria Notre Dame) batted 2-for-3, crushing her second home run of the season. Senior Larisa Villa (La Habra, Calif./La Habra) went 1-for-2 in the batter's box with a sacrifice fly. Graduate student Carlee Jo Clark (Carol Stream, Ill./St. Francis/Southern Illinois) pitched 4.2 innings in relief, striking out one batter, allowing five hits. She also collected a double in the batter's box, finishing the game going 1-for-3.

GAME RECAP
  • Situational hitting from the Sycamores got them out to 3-0 lead before Crowley collected the first hit in the game for the Flames. She connected on a 2-1 pitch in the bottom of the third to hit the ball up the middle for a single before she was left stranded.  
  • After Indiana State added three insurance runs in the top of the fourth, the Flames began to build offensive momentum. In the bottom frame, freshmen Cameran Rios (Effingham, Ill./St. Anthony) led off with a bunt just out of reach of the Sycamores' pitcher Lauren Sackett. She then moved to scoring position behind a double off the bat of Clark before scoring on a sacrifice fly from Villa to cut into Indiana State's lead, 6-1.
  • Once the Sycamores added another run in the top of the fifth off of an RBI double, red shirt freshmen Jazmyn Casas (Berwyn, Ill./Taft) opened the bottom frame getting to second base on a dropped fly ball from Indiana State's Danielle Henning. Crowley came up to bat next, and on a 1-2 pitch crushed the ball over the left-center wall for a two-run homerun to bring UIC within four at 7-3.
  • A pair of Sycamore runners got on early with one out in the bottom of sixth, but Clark forced back-to-back ground outs including a nice grab from Rios to complete her first shutout inning in relief.
  • Indiana State secured the win in the later innings, closing out the game with back-to-back 1-2-3 innings for the Flames in the sixth and seventh innings.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
  • In her second appearance in the circle this week, Clark has held batters to a 1.32 ERA.
  • Casas is capitalizing in the batter's box this week in her second consecutive start at shortstop. She is batting a team-leading .429 batting average, having collected three hits in seven at-bats with an RBI.
  • Crowley now has two homeruns this season, tying junior Grace Fleming (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) for second-most on the team.
  • The Flames have now dropped the past four games to the Sycamores. UIC aims to collect its first win this weekend since 2016.  
UP NEXT FOR THE FLAMES!
UIC returns to Flames Field Saturday for a 2 p.m. (CT) first pitch against Indiana State for Youth Sports Day. The first 200 kids in attendance will receive a softball stress ball and can get autographs from the team postgame. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and available to listen to on the Flames Network. Live stats will be available on UICFlames.com.

Fans are strongly encouraged to support NIL opportunities for UIC student-athletes through contributions to The Chicago Collective.

For more information, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_Softball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_softball and @uicflames).
 
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